– Also, Trump personal assistant John McEntee was escorted out of the White House on Monday, reports Michael C. Bender, quoting two senior administration officials. The cause of the firing was an unspecified security issue, according to another official.

– UPDATE: Russia denies any role in poisoning of Sergei Skripal as the US, NATO and the EU have all backed Britain in the deepening diplomatic crisis. – AFP

– Britain says Sergei Skripal was poisoned with Novichok, which was developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 80s.

– Head of Russia’s Gen. Staff V. Gerasimov: Militants preparing a provocation with the use of Chemical Weapons in Syria’s Ghouta to justify US strike against Damascus. Russia will respond with certain measure to both “missiles” &“launchers” which are delivering these.

– Russian Army Chief of Staff: Russia to retaliate if potential future US strikes to Damascus cause “danger to Russian military that is deployed in [the] area”.

– U.S. submarines break through the ice as part of an exercise to expand operational readiness in the Arctic.

Because I am a traveller I can look down on the birds and up at the fishes. I collect moments and can venture back in time to lost worlds. I seize life and simultaneously escape it at will. Because I am a traveller I envy no man at home.